Type-writer cabinet and copy-holder



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TYPE WRITER CABINET AND COPY HOLDER.

No. 398,738. Patented Feb. 26, 1889.

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TYPE WRITER CABINET AND COPY HOLDER. No. 398,738. Patented Feb. 26,1889.

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CHARLES ALBERT LE1, OF IIERKIMER, X'FHV YORK.

TYPE WRITER CABINET AND COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,738, dated February26, 1889. Application filed September 10, 1887. Serial No. 249,305. (Nomodel.)

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES ALBERT LEE, of Herkimer, in the county ofIlerkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulIDIPIOXBII'IBHTS in Type-\Vriter Cabinets and Copy-I-Iolders; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin type-writing cabinets andcopy-holders; and it ctmsists of the mechanism hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings like figures of reference l refer to like parts in theseveral figures.

lfi igure 1 shows my improved cabinetolosed and in readiness to be movedorcarried. Fig. 2 is a front elc\ ation of the same open and ready foruse. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 2 with a side wall of thecabinet removed.

Fig. i is a plan view with a door open. Figs. 5, (t, 7, and b showdetails of construction. l ig. 3) shows a view of a portion of thodevice,

as shown in Fig. I}, on a largtn scale.

Fig.

shows a top view of the door and type-writer mounted thereon, and isespecially intended to show the mechanism forsecu ring the typewriter 2and adjusting it upon the door. Fig. l 1 shows a vertical cross-sectionof a portion of the swinging paper-holder and the roller,

being an enlarged view of the same part shown in Fig. R.

The cabinet o consists, essentially, of a box having five stationarywalls and a door hinged at the bottom, the type-writer being applied Bythis construction the type-writer may be adjusted toward or from theoperator, and when so adjusted held in position.

On one side of the frame of the type-writer I provide ratchet-teeth 5,Figs. 4 and 1.0, and catch or pin 0, attached to or passing through theguides t. adapted to engage the ratchettceth 5, which catch is operatedby spring 7, the spring operating to hold the catch in cont-act with theratchet.-teeth. The purpose of this mechanism is to provide means foradj usting the type-writer upon the door of the case, and when adjustedto hold the same in fixed relation to the door, as before mentioned.

3, Figs. I and i, show a stop adapted to limit the backward movement ofthe typewriter) within the guides 23 when the cabinet is open, and thedownward movement of the same when the door is closed and made to assumca vertical position.

In Figs. 3 and l is showumypivoted paper holding device, in which 9 isthe board or back against which the copy is held. loard E) is pivotedbetween opposing walls of the cabinet at .1010, Figs. 23, 5, and .1, insuch manner as to partially rotate on the pivotal bearings. Rigidlyconnected to the board 9 in the rear of the pivotal point is an arm, 11,forming a (wank-arm. This arm is connected with stud or post ii on thedoor of the case by connecting-rod 13, the connecting-rod havingswiveled nut .1 r, Fig. L, by means of which the comiccting-rml may beadjusted. The pu rpose of this mechanism to hold the papermoving devicebackward and upward from to the door in the manner hereinafter dc-i moving the same to accommodat e the operator, I provide pivoted roller 15,Figs. 3, 3, T, b, 9,

scribed.

1, Fig. l, is the door of the cabinet; and I,

Fig. 2, shows the same in the position it as- 1 move, the same beingheld in position to be moved reciprocally between the guides by flangesi 4:, Fig. 2, on the type-writer frame fitting in the rabbet-ed surfacesof the guides.

the position shown in Fig. 3 when the door is closed, and to move thesame into the position shown in Figs. 3 and tlwhen the dooris open.

For holding the paper on the board 9 and and l I, mounted horizontallyon board 9 in or behind opening its in the face of board J, Figs. 8 andll. The roller is adapted to receive and retain the end of a sheet ofpaper by means of bar l7, Fig. 7. liar '17 is held to the roller bybeing attached to the free end of spring 1o, Figs. T, 9, and 11, whichsprings are held to the roller by pins or screws at 1 9, Figs. 8 and 11.The paper being inserted under bar 17 is held on the frontof theboard 9,as shown at 20, Figs. S and 11.

For winding the paper on r01ler15, I attach.

ratchet-wheel 21, Fig. 5, to the right-hand end of roller 15, with whichit is rigidly connected. This ratchet-wheel is engaged by movable rack22, provided. with teeth at one end for engaging the ratchet-wheel androtating the roller. The rack has a vertical movement, the same beingprovided with slots 23 23, through which slots headed pins or screws 2424 pass, attaching it loosely and movably to the inner wall of thecabinet, a slight horizontal movement being allowed at the top toaccommodate its moveinenton the ratchet-wheel. The rack 22 is made toengage ratchet-wheel 21 and to be moved downward by spring 25, attachedto the inner wall of cabinet at 26. The rack is moved vertically byrule-jointed lever 27, the lever being jointed outside of the case, asshown at 28, Figs. 3 and at. The lever is pivoted substantially at itscenter, so that the operator by pressing downward 011 the end 29, Fig.4, thereof, thereby raises the rack and partially rotates roller 15,which winds the paper on the roller one or more lines. This operationmay be repeated until the entire sheet of copy is wrapped on the roller.By the operation of the mechanism heretofore described the line fromwhich the operator is copying may always be kept in a uniform position.

For keeping the lower end of the copy-paper in position on the board andguiding the eye in copying therefrom, I provide adjustable bar 30, Figs.2 and '3. Bar 30 is mounted on arms 31, Figs. 2 and (5, which arms arepivoted in cars 32 on either side of the board at a short distance fromthe lower end. Bar 30 is made to press against boards 9 by springs 33,Fig. 6, under the end of each arm, and the bar and arms may be movedoutward from the board to receive the copy-paper, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 6. Bar 30 may be ad justable on the arms 31 by beingfitted thereto so as to maintain its position when adjusted.

The operation of my device is substantially as follows: The case beingclosed, as shown in Fig. 1, on openin it the door is broughtinto theposition shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. \Vhen the door is open, thetype-writer 2 will be found in contact with stop 8. It may then bebrought forward and secured in position on the door by ratchet-teeth 5and catch-pin 6. As the door is open, the swinging copy-holder, which,while the case was closed, had been swung to the top of the case,substantiallyparallel with the top thereof, is brought down byconnecting-rod 13 and crank-arm 11 into the position shown in Figs. 8and 9, in which position it is held while the door is open; also, at thesame time that the door is opened the rule-joint 28 of lever 27straightens out, keeping the end of lever 27 in position to move therack or bar 22. As the copy-holder swings into theposition shown inFigs. 3 and 9, the ratchet-teeth of the roller 15 are brought intocontact with rack 22, and the rack is held in engagement withratchet-wheel of roller 15 by spring 25. The copy-holding roller 15 maythen be operated by lever 2'7, and be rotated, and the copypaper, theend of which is clamped between bar 17 and roller 15, rolled upon theroller. In placing the copy in the copy-holder, after the end has beensecured on the roller the bar 30 is brought out from the face of theboard and the copy placed between the board and the bar, where it isheld not very tightly, and so that it will slide under the bar when theroller 15 is rotated by action of spring 32. When it is desired toremove the copy from the copy-holder, the rack 22 is thrown out ofengagement with the ratchet-pinion 21 on the end of roller 15, and bydrawing on the lower end of the copy it will unroll and slip fromvbetween the roller and clamping-bar. In closing the case the type-writeris placed against stop 8, and the door is closed, the copyholderswinging into the top of the case, as before described.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. A type-writer case having a swinging door and a type-writer mountedthereon, in combination with a swinging board j ournaled in the casehaving a bar mounted on the free ends of arms pivoted to the board andsprings for holding the bar adjustably to the face of the board, aroller pivoted to the board having a clamping-bar held to the roller bya spring and adapted to receive the end of a copy-paper between theroller and bar, the crank-arm attached to the board, and a rodconnecting the crank-arm and the door, substantially as set forth.

2. A type-writer case having a swinging door and a typewriter adjustablymounted thereon, in combination with a swinging board journaled in thetop of the case having a bar mounted on the free ends of arms pivoted tothe board and springs for holding the bar adjustably to the face of theboard, a roller pivoted in the board having a clamping-bar held to theroller by springs for clamping the copy-paper and rolling it upon theroller, a ratchet-wheel on the roller, a movable rack engaging theratchet-wheel, and a rulejointed lever pivoted to the swinging door foroperating the rack, substantially as set forth.

3. A typewriter case having a swinging door and a type-writer adjustablymounted thereon, in combination with a paper-holding device consistingof a swinging board journaled in the case, a device for holding thepaper to the board, the crank-arm, and the connecting-rod connecting thecrank-arm and the swinging door.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES ALBERT LEE.

\Vitnesses:

S. \VILLARD LINTs, RoB'r. EARL, 2d.

